Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 146 Documentary and Sarutobi Hiruzen's Son - Sarutobi Shinnosuke

Kushina Uzumaki stared blankly at the test paper in her hand. What was all this?

This is crooked and twisted...

It's a number?!

Previously, the numbers that Kushina Uzumaki encountered in the Uzumaki clan were the kind with many strokes.

Of course, many ninja clans also came into contact with the same thing.

Ordinary people don't even have access to these numbers.

However, what Kushina sees now are numbers with very simple strokes.

"Today, the teacher will introduce you to these numbers, from 0 to 9, written like this..."

Kids, please memorize these numbers these next few days, because we'll be using them in many places later!

The beautiful female teacher was very gentle, and Kushina patted her cheeks to cheer herself up.

Isn't it just a new number?

Hmph, easy.

……

A few days later:

"Alright, kids, you've learned the basics of number structure. Now let's learn the relationships between these numbers! Come on, let's learn these symbols together: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division!"

Kushina:......

Kushina clutched her head, utterly bewildered. What on earth was this?!

……

After school, Kushina returned to her home.

Yuya did not coordinate the group of over thirty people from the Uzumaki clan who came with Kushina; most of them were there to protect Kushina's safety.

Of course, on the surface these people are Kushina's butlers, servants, and maids.

Kushina's parents were well-known ninjas in the Uzumaki clan.

After arriving in Konoha, the two did not want to serve Yua, but Yua did not mind. He said that he would give them a subsidy of one million ryo every month, which would be enough for them to live comfortably.

Yuya is right. In fact, given the prices in Konoha, one million ryo is more than enough for food and such.

If a family of three eats fish and meat at every meal, and consumes one jin of rice per meal and three jin of rice per day, their monthly expenses would be approximately 100,000 taels.

One million taels of silver is a lot, even if you say it's a generous amount.

However, Kushina's parents didn't feel the need to be grateful to Yua.

Youya doesn't need their gratitude.

To reiterate, Yuya has never trusted bonds based on emotions.

He prefers to motivate others with self-interest.

If one million ryo were given, Kushina Uzumaki's parents wouldn't be grateful, but they also wouldn't criticize Yua for giving too little.

After all, no one is stupid; no one would believe such unfounded accusations.

Kushina Uzumaki's residence in Konoha Village was a mansion.

The four regions of Konoha, now divided into east, west, south, and north, are planned according to urban high-rise building standards.

However, the large, horizontally laid-out area to the left and right of the Hokage's office beneath the Hokage Rock in Konoha is the residential area built after the village of Konoha was founded.

Most of the people living here are former members of the Senju clan.

However, Hashirama Senju later had these clansmen infiltrate Konoha Village and destroyed their original records, so this area was later left empty.

Later, when You Ya came to power, these vacant spaces were gradually bought up by some wealthy and powerful people.

It wasn't for living purposes.

With land prices in Konoha rising so quickly, buying a plot of land next to the Hokage's office shouldn't be a problem.

You Ya just wanted to laugh. There was no problem at all. To be honest, he didn't want to develop the land around here at all.

This land stretches horizontally. If we want to develop its economic value, we should turn it into a political center adjacent to the Hokage's office.

However, the officials in the North District are fine; they can go to work at 9 a.m. and sleep until 8:30 a.m. without any problems.

But what are you going to do with the officials in the three districts of southwest and east?

Therefore, it's definitely not feasible to build a government building here.

Then the only option is to develop a commercial street.

Then the problem came again.

How much free time do you have to have to travel across the entire Hidden Leaf Village to shop here?

Therefore, the narrow strip of land that runs across the Hokage's office and the courtyard above it are destined to be a useless piece of junk, neither useful nor worth abandoning.

These people bought the land and paid land taxes for over a decade, but Youya never even considered touching it.

Naturally, some people were unhappy about this.

Capital will definitely leave if there's no money to be made.

You Ya didn't stop him; doing business is all about mutual consent.

Now, a third of the hundreds of houses on this side street have been vacated. The remaining ones are just wealthy dogs who don't care about this small amount of money at all. They only pay Youya a few hundred thousand taels of land tax every month. A house is worth tens of millions of taels. They are not afraid at all.

It can only be said that Konoha was indeed poor before, but now that it's rich, some of the conceited rich kids have naturally brought it over.

But it's okay, Yuya likes it.

How could anyone not like receiving money from Youya?

These people also played a role in Konoha's GDP exceeding 1300 billion last year.

Therefore, Kushina's servants, who were nominally her servants but were actually there to protect her, did not lack a place to stay.

Yuya gave this place to Kushina's family, and of course they have to pay the annual land tax. Of course, Yuya won't cheat them; the price won't be raised. It used to be 500,000 yen, and it will remain 500,000 yen per year.

The price was fair, and Kushina's parents couldn't say anything.

And here comes the most crucial part.

Kushina and her parents, Yua, definitely have to give her money every month.

But you who came along...

You can't expect me to support you all, can you?

The elders of the Uzumaki clan, who live not far from you, are clan elders, and Konoha must support them.

Oh, and by the way...

The elders of the Whirlpool Clan also lived in a house on this narrow crossroads.

However, under normal circumstances, no one dared to leave the courtyard.

Although Yua said she would no longer target them, after all, the Land of Whirlpools had been taken over, and the three thousand ninja troops sent to garrison it had already arrived in the Land of Whirlpools with Mitokado Homura.

Basically, Mitokado Homura's position in the Land of Whirlpools was equivalent to MacArthur's position in the Japanese.

Of course, since Mitokado Homura's base of operations wasn't in Konoha but in the Daimyo's residence, these three thousand ninja soldiers would normally obey him. However, if he had any ill intentions...

The families of these three thousand ninja soldiers are all in Konoha Village.

Of course, Yuya is not a devil. The garrison is rotated every two years. Except for Mitokado Homura, who is the retired emperor and cannot be replaced, the others can apply to be transferred back.

Yuya will definitely give more money to the ninjas who have been stationed abroad for two years.

As long as the ninja who succeeds Yua doesn't have any mental issues, Yua should be able to keep control of the Land of Whirlpools.

Of course, You Ya has no control over what happens after he leaves office; he only needs to do his best while he is in power.

Kushina went home and cried to her parents about it.

The reason is simple: in Konoha, road signs, street markers, house numbers, and so on are all marked with a new type of number.

How could a child like Kushina possibly pay attention to the numbers on those little signs on the wall?

Even if they notice it, they'll just think it's something interesting and forget about it as soon as they turn their heads.

Who knew it actually had some meaning?!

By that calculation, the other people from Konoha had five more years of contact time than her.

Children find unfairness the hardest thing to tolerate.

Kushina cried and said she wanted to go back to the Land of Whirlpools and didn't want to stay in Konoha anymore.

Those math problems are too hard. I finally managed to learn the numbers 0 to 9 after a few days, and I finally learned addition and subtraction within 10. Now I have to memorize the multiplication tables...

She had never even heard of that thing, let alone seen it.

However, the other students in the class had all heard of it to some extent.

Kushina originally thought she was the best in the class, and she wanted to be number one, which is what the teacher called the class monitor.

Now that things have turned out this way, she's a little worried that she won't be number one in the final exam results.

It would be better to return to the Land of Whirlpools.

Kushina's parents could only comfort their child.

Kushina can't possibly go back.

After all, she was carrying a nine-tailed fox.

In fact, the Nine-Tails is already laughing uncontrollably.

Kushina is much more fun than Mito Uzumaki.

Or rather, it's more fun for any child.

Hmm? Fun?

Oh right, it's Friday today, and there's a masked knight on TV.

With Kurama's reminder, Kushina quickly put the idea of ​​returning to the Land of Whirlpools out of her mind and hurriedly went to do her homework.

After finishing writing and eating, I watched some news and documentaries about famous figures from Konoha Village for a while, and then it was time for the Masked Rider program.

By the way, this documentary about a famous person's life is truly outrageous. It starts with the Uchiha clan head being unable to tolerate Hiruzen Sarutobi's slander of Madara Uchiha, including claims that Madara was beaten to his knees and begged for mercy. If the Uchiha clan didn't speak out about such outrageous things, they wouldn't be the Uchiha clan.

Later, they funded the production of a documentary about Madara Uchiha.

To be honest, the filming was quite good, but it overrated Madara.

They even dare to film outrageous things like Hashirama Senju kneeling and begging Madara Uchiha to start a village together.

The villagers of Konoha were outraged, after all, the Senju clan members were mixed in with the villagers.

This is slander from the Uchiha! This is slander! They are slandering the First Hokage!

This documentary almost turned into a bloodbath.

Yuya seemed to be enjoying the spectacle, but poor Hiruzen Sarutobi was the only one who suffered.

He was a handsome young man, only in his early thirties, but his hair was falling out in clumps.

Later, having no other choice, Hiruzen Sarutobi directly canceled all plans to air documentaries about the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha.

But we need to make up for the time gaps. There aren't many shows right now, so how can we fill these time gaps?

So, a member of the Hyuga clan stepped forward and said, "Our Hyuga clan has devoted ourselves to Konoha to the utmost. How about we invest our own money to make a documentary about the Hyuga clan?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought it over and decided it was feasible. The Hyuga clan came to Konoha after the village was established, so surely there wouldn't be any problems.

Then the Hyuga clan funded the production of a documentary promoting the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist style, and surprisingly, it actually looked quite convincing.

Furthermore, there is no content related to the First Hokage or Madara Uchiha throughout the entire text.

Everyone was very satisfied.

However, some families later realized the truth of the matter.

The Hyuga clan can take pictures...

There's no reason why we can't!

The first application that Hiruzen Sarutobi received was from his own clan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was a little confused. Our clan? What do we have to film?

When the final product came out, Hiruzen Sarutobi covered his eyes in utter speechlessness.

The final version of the Sarutobi Family movie was essentially a pretentious version of the family's growth story.

In short, the Sarutobi clan was virtually invincible during the war years; they would make anyone who didn't give them face lose face.

Even dogs that walk by get slapped twice.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had heard his father say that the Sarutobi clan wasn't that powerful during the war; they were basically just barely scraping by under the oppressive rule of the Senju and Uchiha clans.

And now this is what's been produced...

Believe it or not, some people actually believe it...

Some people asked him if the Sarutobi clan was really that powerful, and what could he say?

All I can say is, well...

Then the other families couldn't stand it anymore, and one after another they rushed to make the documentary, and some even tried to bribe Hiruzen Sarutobi to let their families make it first.

Of course, none of these families' plans included the Senju or Uchiha clans.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was speechless. Could this even be done?

In short, he probably won't have much rest time in the short term.

Yu Ya watches these so-called documentaries for fun; watching these families' antics during her busy work schedule is a good way to relax.

……

The next day, You Ya got up a little late and didn't leave until almost noon.

It wasn't that he was being lazy, but rather that his schedule for today wasn't to go to the Hokage's office to work.

Uchiha Yuzuru and Hyuga Kazuko had been waiting for a long time.

The two of them were not dressed as ANBU ninjas today, but had changed into casual clothes.

The reason was simple: they wanted to go with Youya too.

The reason for such a grand occasion is that Yua received a report that Sarutobi Biwako suddenly had abdominal pain around 2 a.m. and was rushed to the hospital. Because Yuki had gone to stay at his grandparents' house for the weekend, Tsunade, who could have freely fought Yua for three hundred rounds, was woken up by the Anbu ninjas banging on the door shortly after finishing the battle.

It was at this moment that Yua and Tsunade learned that Sarutobi Biwako had given birth prematurely, half a month earlier than her due date. All the female doctors had gone there, and Tsunade, being the best female doctor, naturally had to be called over as well.

Tsunade immediately set off, and around 5 a.m., Yua received the news that she had given birth. Although the delivery was a bit of a scare, it was safe and sound. In the end, both mother and child were born safely, and Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed his first son.

After a sigh of relief, You Ya went back to sleep.

It's easy to imagine that Sarutobi Biwako must be exhausted after suffering so much. It would be better to wait until she has rested more before visiting her.

That's why Youya set off at noon.

Because of Sarutobi Biwako's special status, Hyuga Kazuko and Uchiha Yu were also required to visit her on behalf of their clan.

Of course, protecting Yuya is also a good thing.

The two now understand what a ninja clan is.

Their families raised them, and it wouldn't be good if they were too willful, so the two of them are now considering their marriage.

But I have to say...

Peers or from the same family...

There are really not many truly outstanding people...

The two were very distressed, but You Ya said that since they both had money, what was there to be afraid of in supporting themselves?

This made the two women roll their eyes repeatedly, as if they were unwanted.

They have a lot of admirers, okay?

They just don't think much of it.

Yuya arrived at a special ward in Konoha, where Tsunade, dressed in a white doctor's coat, was asking Sarutobi Biwako some questions with her hands in her pockets.

Meanwhile, the old patriarch of the Sarutobi clan was carefully holding a small, wrinkled, sleeping baby in his arms.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stood obediently to the side, two red marks clearly visible on his face.

Yuya raised an eyebrow, and seeing that Tsunade was still asking questions, he quietly moved over to Akimichi Torifu's side and whispered to ask what had just happened.

Akimichi Torifu looked at Yua and coughed to indicate that Hiruzen Sarutobi had been too busy lately. Yesterday, when Hiruzen Sarutobi went into the operating room for premature delivery, Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't here. He only rushed over this morning.

This wasn't originally a problem.

The child simply fell asleep in Sarutobi Biwako's arms.

Around noon, just now, Hiruzen Sarutobi's father, the old Sarutobi clan chief, arrived.

Biwako Sarutobi had a problem with Hiruzen Sarutobi because she was really unhappy with how busy he was with work.

However, because she wanted to save face for Hiruzen Sarutobi while at the hospital, Biwako Sarutobi did not immediately lash out.

Afterwards, guests came one after another to congratulate Hiruzen Sarutobi on becoming a father. Hiruzen seemed to have lost his mind, chuckling as he held his sleeping child, whom he named Sarutobi Shinnosuke. Holding Shinnosuke, Hiruzen inexplicably said, "Oh, oh, my son's wrinkled face is really ugly, not that good, hahaha, hahaha..."

Then he was slapped twice.

After hearing this, You Ya gasped in shock.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is terrifyingly powerful!

How could they say something like that?!

At this moment, Tsunade also noticed Yua and said that the Hokage could come and visit.

Yuya coughed and stared straight ahead, not even glancing at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had two red handprints on his face. With just one glance, he immediately gave a thumbs up, indicating that he saw a hazy aura on Shinnosuke Sarutobi and knew at a glance that he was the chosen one!

This child's future achievements are absolutely limitless!

Then Sarutobi Shinnosuke started crying, and Yua panicked. Tsunade, however, was experienced and simply lifted the diaper. Sure enough, he peed.

That so-called hazy feeling just now...

Could it be...?

Yuya was speechless, while Sarutobi Biwako was quite happy.

Although Yua's flattery was really bad, it was still much better than that idiot Hiruzen Sarutobi.

I checked, and some say Hiruzen Sarutobi had two children, some say he had three, and some say he only had Asuma.

I'll set it up as two separate scenarios: Sarutobi Asuma is in his thirties, dating Yuhi Kurenai, when Naruto is a teenager during the Chunin Exams. If he weren't born until the original Konoha year 36… well, some might question Hiruzen Sarutobi's sexual performance. Married for so long before having his first child? They might even question whether Asuma is his biological son. I hereby declare that I am a pure-blooded, pure-love warrior, and I condemn all cuckoldry!

[P.S.: Is my company really that awesome? They actually booked me a four-star hotel?! 300 yuan a night!!! That's so expensive!!! But it's really amazing, the TV is huge! I can really enjoy myself during this business trip.]

(End of this chapter)